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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual or perennial Similar Species: Cuscuta grovonii, C. indecora var. neuropetala, C. campestris
General Desc:
Vine with pale orange or pinkish-yellow stems, climbing on other plants and attaching to them to invade tissue of the host plant to absorb food.
Identification notes: Parasitic vine to 20 inches long; 5 petals fuse half way, separate into 5 flaring narrowly triangular lobes, tips pointed; 5 sepals; 5 stamens; stigma head-like; compact round flower clusters; fruit mostly 2-seeded; common on clover hosts.
Height:
Over 20 inches long
Habitat Description: Occasional, in a variety of habitats from prairies, sandy flats, old fields, sandstone ledges and disturbed soils. Collection in Watson Woods.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: Not determined
Color:
White to greenish-white
Shape:
Bell-shaped in round clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jul - Oct
Description:
Many, stalkless, white to greenish-white, tiny, radially symmetric, somewhat bell-shaped (about as tall as wide), with 5 flaring or bent backward, pointed petal lobes, 5 sepals and 5 stamens; small, compact flower clusters are very short-stalked.
Leaf Color:
Pale orange or pinkish-yellow
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Narrow
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Alternate, pale orange or pinkish-yellow stems; leaves very small, scale-like.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Small, somewhat rounded, 2-seeded, membranous capsules. The withered petal tube remains attached as a cup to the base of the fruit.
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